With only 2 games remaining for most teams, there are still 4 undefeated teams and there are still some major discrepancies between my computer rankings and the official rankings. Most notably, it is still 10-0 Oregon checking in at #8 and 8-2 Alabama ranked #3. Clearly strength of schedule had some factor in that as Alabama has played the 7th toughest schedule and Oregon only the 102nd toughest schedule so far. Georgia put up a good fight against Auburn and I was actually rooting for the Dogs. TCU barely held on to beat San Diego State and many voters demoted them after that but my computer did not apparently think that was such a bad performance. Oregon also just squeaked by Cal (15-13, thanks to a missed 2 point conversion and a missed field goal by Cal late in the game) but the pollsters kept them solidly at the top. I've always thought the computer program was slightly bias toward the SEC but it's now more evident than ever - the SEC has 4 out of the top 9 teams. Now might be a good time to show the conference ratings: SEC 122.42 Big 12 118.03 Big 10 114.59 Pac 10 101.55 ACC 99.06 Big East 84.02 WAC 79.29 MWC 77.32 CUSA 65.17 MAC 49.48 Sunbelt 33.46 Rank Prev BCS W L Team Total Rtg. SS Rank 1 1 2 11 0 Auburn 99.565 21 2 3 3 11 0 TCU 97.615 62 3 7 11 8 2 Alabama 92.140 7 4 2 4 9 0 Boise State 89.791 86 5 5 9 10 1 Ohio St 89.720 70 6 4 5 9 1 LSU 87.746 10 7 6 10 9 1 Oklahoma St 86.721 44 8 8 1 10 0 Oregon 85.775 102 9 11 13 8 2 Arkansas 82.922 13 10 9 6 9 1 Stanford 82.177 72 11 14 14 8 2 Oklahoma 81.870 22 12 15 15 8 2 Missouri 81.282 29 13 10 7 9 1 Wisconsin 80.152 80 14 13 12 9 1 Michigan St 79.479 75 15 16 16 8 2 VT 79.150 51 16 25 19 7 3 Texas A&M 76.071 15 17 26 17 7 3 South Carolina 75.044 12 18 19 8 9 1 Nebraska 74.721 96 19 20 18 10 1 Nevada 73.446 99 20 22 24 7 3 Miami 73.155 27 21 12 20 7 3 Iowa 71.705 35 22 24 7 3 Hawaii 70.821 41 23 17 21 7 3 Mississippi St 69.153 30 24 29 7 3 NC St 67.193 53 25 18 22 7 3 Arizona 65.349 43
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I am an electrical engineer but I love to travel and play bridge more than anything else. I am an expert bridge player so I like to write about my experiences there. I also like to write about my traveling a... View profile
